hath such confidence to stand in presence of the Court to justify so much blasphemy, sirrah! the Court has been too favourable to such a villain as thou art, who has been guilty of the blackest deed that ever was invented by any rogue, except thyself; deeds arising from the very blackest of darkness itself, and considering all thy villany, the Court has been too favourable to the proposing a sentence,--- You are to stand three days upon the pillory, in three principal places in the City of London; and your blasphemous books to be divided into three parts, and there, with fire, to be consumed before your face; and you are to pay a little fine, but £500. It is but a little one, considering your villainy, and you must give security for your good behaviour, during your life, and such as are not of your own gang; thus ended the pronunciation of this sentence. Now I will proceed to the fulfilling of the sentence in order; then Mr. Muggleton was carried by one of the keepers to Newgate, where he had not been above a week, but he was commanded to his first place of standing, which was at the Temple Gate, in Fleet Street; where, by the croaking frogs, he was pelted with clay, rotten eggs, and dirt in abundance, and in this place they put his head in the pillory, but Captain Richardson, the head keeper, came to them, and said, God damn you, what makes you put the man's head in, for it is contrary to his sentence.'Then he was taken out, and stood two hours; then he was taken off, and put into the cart, and so was carried to Newgate again, where he remained till his second standing, which was at the Royal Ex

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almost as thick as hail, and here I am sure if some saints had not behaved with uncommon courage, he had certainly been killed; they went to the officers, requesting their diligent care, and promising to gratify them for it, and went quite round the people to hinder, either by fair means or foul; the throwing of stones, where I, with two officers going round about, saw a fellow take up a stone, swearing a bloody oath he would beat out his brains; but that hand that took it up was so belaboured, that I believe he could hardly lift it to his head for a week; yet, notwithstanding all the care and pains, we could not bring him off safe, for he was there knocked down with a stone, and had his head broke, in a base manner, so that the blood of the last Prophet that God will ever send, is to be required of this nation; so when his two hours were completed, he was taken down, and carried in a cart to Newgate, where he had his wounds dressed. So here he ended his corporal punishment, the greatest imaginable, both in his usage and in his time of standing; for I have known several rogues, cheats, and perjured persons, stand in the pillory, whose time was but one hour, and their usage much civiller than his, who had broke no law, nor any thing of evil laid to his charge, as shall hereafter appear. He stood two hours on the pillory, with the greatest abuse imaginable, only for his conscience in Christ Jesus, and owning himself his true Prophet.

Now beloved friends, as God said to the rebellious people, so will I say to those that were Mr, Muggleton's Judges and Jury,---come let us reason together;

together; I desire to know whether thou doest believe in an eternal creator of heaven and earth,. and all things formed therein, which I am sure thou cans't not deny? If thou doth believe it, so doth Mr. Muggleton, Why, then, do thou accuse him? Doth thou believe Christ died for his elect? So doth Mr. Muggleton. Why, then, do thou persecute him? Do you believe Christ rose again for the sanctification of his elect? So doth Mr. Muggleton. Why, then, do you furnish him; O you workers of iniquity, perhaps you will say unto me, Mr. Muggleton pretends himself to be a true Prophet of God, and that there is no true minister but himself; truly if so, what a condition have you brought yourself into, for David said, Who was a man after God's own heart, save only in the matter of Uriah's wife, touch not the Lord's annointed, nor do my Prophets harm.' Now you judges, who have sat in judgment, how have you followed the commandment of our Lord Jesus Christ, who said,

He that receives a Prophet in the name of a Prophet, shall receive a Prophet's reward;' so, consequently, he that despises a Prophet despises him that sent him; so that you have pillored the Lord Jesus in your days; for,' said he, inasmuch as you have done it, to the least of my brethren, you have done it to me;' but you have done it to the greatest that has appeared this 1500 years; but you may say, 'How do we know that he is a true Prophet; I say unto you,' as the Prophet of old said, My people are destroyed for the want of knowledge;' and you might have judged after the rule of Gamaliel, who said, 'Touch him

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not, for if his doctrine be of himself, both him and his doctrine will perish together; but if it be of God, and you persecute him, you make yourselves fighters against God;' since, therefore, no such righteous judgment has been acted by you, I will say, Who shall deliver you from the wrath of God! O ye powers of England,' and so I end his corporal punishment.

Now I shall give you an account of the chief actions that attended his personal imprisonment, also to pay the £500. Mr. Muggleton was not able, and to lie in prison among a company of rogues, he was not willing; wherefore Mr. Muggleton desired to be removed from the master's side to the press-yard, but one of the keepers told him he must not be removed; for,' said he, 'you are one of the best prisoners, and we give a great deal of money for our places, and at this rate we shall be losers if our best prisoners be taken from us'. Wherefore Mr. Muggleton sends for a lawyer, and advised with him what to do, who asked him 'whether he owed any money, and whether it was to any he could put confidence.' Mr. Muggleton answered, he did owe thirty pounds to one Mrs. Hall, upon a note under his hand, and that he knew her to be a faithful good woman by experience;' then,' said the lawyer, she must bring her writ against you, out of the Common Pleas, and charge you with it in Newgate, and then take a Habeas Corpus to remove you from Newgate to the Fleet.' Mr. Muggleton did not think it convenient for Mrs. Hall to appear alone before the Judges, therefore he made choice of me, Nathaniel Powell,

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